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Surname
BOWLER
Forename
Gershom
Day
29
Month
03
Year
1913
Age
20
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
New Hucknall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Sutton in Ashfield
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
As deceased was passing a tram in the old tub road a stone weighing 4 tons fell and buried him. It dropped out inside the rows of timber. The accident would have been prevented by the systematic use of bars or by setting middle props in the old tub level.